11:30-11:45#3.1.2Deterioration of the sea-ice cover in the Canada Basin and impact on the freshwater cycle from ice draft observations between 2003 to 2012Richard A. Krishfield1, Andrey Y. Proshutinsky1, William J. Williams2

14:30-14:45#3.2.3Transport and variability of the West Spitsbergen Current in the past 50 years based on numerical model results and observations.Robert Osiński1, Waldemar Walczowski1, Wieslaw Maslowski2

14:45-15:00#3.2.4Destination North – a note on the distribution of mesozooplankton in the West Spitsbergen Current in the gateway to the Arctic OceanSlawomir Kwasniewski1, Marta Gluchowska1, Emilia Trudnowska1, Ilona Goszczko1, Beata Szymczycha1, Katarzyna Blachowiak-Samolyk1

1Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Institute at University of Alaska Fairbanks; 2Department of Biology and Wildlife and Institute of Arctic Biology at University of Alaska Fairbanks; 3University of Virginia Charlottesville; 4NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

1Women´s and Gender Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Finland; 2Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Primary Health Care Unit, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; 3Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland

15.15-15.30#8.1.5Communication and structure of scientific data in order to support regional and global sustainability of the Arctic Region.Halldór Jóhannsson 1, Magdalena Tomasik 1, Leena - Kaisa Viitanen1

1Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK USA; 2Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Germany; 3Alterra, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands; 4The Arctic Research Centre and Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Århus, Denmark; 5Biology Department, University of Norh Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; 6Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; 7 International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK USA.

Poster #1.1.8THE DIURNAL COURSE OF THE RADIATION BALANCE IN THE AREA OF KAFFIØYRA (NW SPITSBERGEN) IN THE SUMMER SEASONS OF 2010-2012Marek Kejna1, Andrzej Araźny1, Rajmund Przybylak1, Przemysław Wyszyński1

Poster #1.1.24Retrieval of the meteorological data from Global Data Assimilation System model on the sub-grid scale for the region of Polish Polar Station at HornsundGrzegorz Karasiński1, Tomasz Wawrzyniak1

1Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Water and Wastewater Technology, ul Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland; 2University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Microbiology, Olsztyn, Poland; 3University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Environmental Protection and Fisheries, Olsztyn, Poland; 4Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk, Poland

Poster #4.1.9Studies of the state of the environment in the area of Svalbard archipelago - the source of the information about changes on a global scaleKatarzyna Kozak1, Marek Ruman2, Żaneta Polkowska1